Be Natural: A Forgotten Filmmaker The first known female filmmaker in the world, who revolutionized the film industry is forgotten in the cinematic history. A global powerhouse with decades-long career who made over one thousand movies, and saw the birth of cinematic motion pictures is vaguely remembered today. Her name is Alice Guy-Blaché and she directed, wrote, and produced nearly one thousand films, both silent and talking. Her drive can be clearly seen in this quote, “Is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man, and there is no reason why she cannot completely master every technicality of the art,”. In this biography we will delve into her early life, film career, and legacy.
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy, who would later be known as …show more content…
The film was a humorous, whimsical story about a fairy who help babies who are born from cabbages to grow up, and was filmed behind Gaumont’s laboratory with a minimal cast. She later states, “In this place, I made my debut as a director. A sheet painted by a neighbourhood painter who specialised primarily in scarecrows and the like; a vague set—rows of cabbages constructed by a carpenter; costumes rented around the Porte St Martin. The cast: my friends, a crying baby, a worried mother. My first film thus saw the light” (No Film School). The Cabbage Fairy is noted as the first fictional narratives in film history and is famed for its use of special-effect techniques. This film was very interesting to watch because as a contemporary film viewer, I had to view it a few times to grasp the concept of what was going on. I find it interesting that the first film that Alice Guy-Blaché would produce is about children and a fairy that helps them grow up. I must wonder if this was a natural maternal instinct or what inspired her to write about raising
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy, who would later be known as …show more content…
The film was a humorous, whimsical story about a fairy who help babies who are born from cabbages to grow up, and was filmed behind Gaumont’s laboratory with a minimal cast. She later states, “In this place, I made my debut as a director. A sheet painted by a neighbourhood painter who specialised primarily in scarecrows and the like; a vague set—rows of cabbages constructed by a carpenter; costumes rented around the Porte St Martin. The cast: my friends, a crying baby, a worried mother. My first film thus saw the light” (No Film School). The Cabbage Fairy is noted as the first fictional narratives in film history and is famed for its use of special-effect techniques. This film was very interesting to watch because as a contemporary film viewer, I had to view it a few times to grasp the concept of what was going on. I find it interesting that the first film that Alice Guy-Blaché would produce is about children and a fairy that helps them grow up. I must wonder if this was a natural maternal instinct or what inspired her to write about raising